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Absence of either gastric or intestinal phenotype in microscopic differentiated gastric carcinomas.
The Journal of pathology - 1 Apr 2003
Kawachi Hiroshi, Takizawa Touichiro, Eishi Yoshinobu, Shimizu Shinichiro, Kumagai Jiro, Funata Nobuaki, Koike Morio
Abstract excerpt
Differentiated gastric carcinoma (DGC) corresponds roughly to the intestinal type of gastric carcinoma described by Laurén. It has been suggested that DGCs arise from intestinalized gastric mucosa, but recent findings regarding their mucin expression do not support this hypothesis. To evaluate the histogenetic relationship between DGCs and intestinal metaplasia, lesions that are as small as possible should be...
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